West Dean CofE Primary School
Primary · Chichester · PO18 0RJ
Data updated
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 2 July 2024
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
102 pupils · 104% of 98 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 3.9% of pupils (January 2026)
- URN
- 151586
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 15 families named it first for 14 Reception places, 1.07 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 6656.68 m (≈4.14 mi); distance decided places in 1 of the 2 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2025 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Requires improvement on 2 July 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.07 first-choice applications per place14 places offered · 15 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 6656.68 m (≈4.14 mi) for 2026 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 6656.68 m (≈4.14 mi)
measured in a straight line.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Chichester school admissions · West Sussex school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 89% (West Sussex 73%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (West Sussex 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (West Sussex 1%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (West Sussex 2%, England 1%) · Any other White background 2% (West Sussex 6%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 1% (West Sussex 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (West Sussex 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (West Sussex 1%, England 1%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £49,084; 11.1% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 5/10around the middle for England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 4/10more deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 37.9% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 14.3% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 37.2% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 13.4% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 46.6% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 55.1% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 18.9% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 25.9% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 37.2% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 8.7% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 26.3% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 10% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01031477 · how to read area figures
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 0a rural school averages 0.3
- Collisions at school-run times
- 0a rural school averages 0.7
- All reported collisions
- 5a rural school averages 3.4
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 4a rural school averages 0.9
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted